Sanitary and safety milk-bottle container



C. DROL-ET, Sn. SANITARY AND SAFETY MILK BOTTLE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED .IULYI6I192I- Patented Dec.' 12, 1922.

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application md July 16,1921'. seal no. 485,249;

.To all whom t may concern y Be it known that' l, @Hannes Dnonnr, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a Sanitary and Saijetyh/lilklBottle Container, of which the following is a speciiication The object of this invention is to provide a container for milk bottles into which the milk bottle may be inserted by the milk man with ease and despatch, and ywhich after insertion of said bottle presents considerable diiiiculty in the way of removal, except by the insertion or' another bottle, which auto" maticaliy releases the bottle occupying the container.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a substantially closed container preventing access to the bottle ci animals or children. n l t The invention will be readily understood from the attached drawings, in which Figure l, isa view in perspective of the essential working elements of the device;

Fig. 2, is a vertical section on vthe line 2 2,

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Fig. 3, is a perspective of the device assembled in the casing. y y

With reference to the drawings, my devicecomprisesa framework termed in the t present inst-ance of stiff wire and comprising a series of horizontally disposed rings 1,2, 3, t, 5, 6 and 7, arranged in parallel planes and joined together by suitable connecting elements or braces 8 and 9, said braces S uniting the two upper rings l and 2, and the remaining rings being joined together and to the said ring 2 by means of the said ele-` ments 9. lt will be noted that the rings 3, 4, 5 and 7 are of reduced diameter, the purpose of which will be described hereinafter. Pivotally secured to the said ring l and normally extending radially inwardly therefrom is a set, in the present instance three in number, or' arms l0, while a similar set ot arms l1 is pivotally mounted on the base ring 7, said arms `l0 being connected with the arms 1l in pairs by means of connecting rods l2, said connecting rods being connected to the arms 10 at a point intermediate their ends and the point where they are pivoted to` lthe said ring l, and beingconnected with the arms 1l through the medium' of an outward' extension oli'sald `arms ll?, to the outer end of which the lower end of the said rods l2 is pivotally attached. y

As clearlyshown in Fig. 2, the said arms l2 have elongatedA loops 13 through which extend the'rings 2 and 6, said loops while providing retaining and bracing means for the said rods being so disposed asin no wayv to prevent movement oi the `rods longitudi nally of the frame. lt will be apparent that such longitudinal movement orn the said rods l2 "must result in movement in1 opposite directions or the arms 10 and ll. The normal position of the armslO and'll is shown in the gnres, said arms being normally retained in such normal position by means of springs 14one end of which is secured to the ring 5, and the opposite end to theouter end ci the arms ll, the upward movement of the rods l2 kunder the action of the said springs lll being limited by the rings 2 and (S which engage the lower end et the loops 13.

` The operation o1 the device in so far as de'- scribed is.` as follows: We will suppose that a bottle, as shown in Fig. 2 in broken lines, occupies the said frame,`the bottle being established ina nest formed by the rings and l5, and resting upon the arms 1l. It is new desired to move this bottle andin-v sert a new one, and this is accomplished by forcing the said new bottlei `dow'nwardly against the arms l() and into the interior ot the trame, this downward movement of the new bottle against the armslO resulting in the simultaneous depression of said arms l() to the positions shown in Fig. 2 in broken lines, and the corresponding elevation ot the arms 1l also to the positions shown in broken lines, by' which movement the said arms il are carried clear ofthe under side of the bottle which occupies the frame which latter is permitted to fall of its own weight :trom the now open bottom of the frame. Atthe same time, the ynew bottle enters the frame, but as soon asit has en` tered sutlicient-ly to bring the neck of the bottle opposite the ends of the arms 10, these latter arms are permitted to return part way to their normal elevated position, which movement of the arms 10permits a corre-l which acts to catch the "bottle and from `wardly on the interior of the rings 6 and which the bottle may be removed by han-il without trouble, this sub-i`rame consisting oij' three arms or rods 15 which extend up'- 11 but eXteriorly et the rings 4 and .5, said rods 15 having their upperends turned over y `and downwardly and lying outwardly of v thesaid ring 6 so thaty the armsy when in theirv lowermostpositions are supported up'- on `said ring 6 by means o1 the turned-over 'top end. The said-rods 15 have at their ybottoni inwardly extending and connecting arms 16 which provide a support for the bottleafter it has lett the main frame. Normally this sub-frame is elevated sothat the said lateral `elements 16 lie directly beneatii y the arms 11, land when thelateral arms are elevated to `release a bottle 'from the container, the bottle first strikes the said eleinents'16 and carries the entire sub-frame downwardly to the full extent lof its travel by the weightv ot the bottle, the shock of `the fail being substantiallyreduced, and in this manner eliminating all possible damto the bottle. Y To prevent animals from getting at the bottle and to furnish protection tromother *possiblef sources of damage, 1 surround the said frame with a casing 17, which casing may be secured ina suitable manner lto the said frame and completely surrounding the iframe, said casing 17 having at the top preferably a suitable cover or lid 18, which may be easily moved away from the top for the insertion of a bottle. In the present instance, lshow the casing 17 slightly flared at the bottom to provide room ifork movement of the lowerk ends of the rods 12 and the arms 11a, and l providey at the botn tom' ot the sub-frame and secured to the elements 16 a cup-shaped trame element 19, which, when the said sub-traine is moved to its upper normal position, passes inside the flared outer edge ot the casing 1T. 1n this manner a substantially closed casing is provided, affording a bottle full protection.

The casing 19 maybe provided, it desired, with suitable hooks or the like 20, by `means ot' which the device may be sus` pended from suitable supporting elements.

L claim:

1l ln a containeroif the type specified, the combination with an open ended trame,

of elements adapted to close the said open ends, means whereby movementvof the elenient at one end to open that end of the the frame.

2. ln a container of the type specied, the combination of a movable element eX- tending across the bottom of said frame and constituting a support for a continued bottle, withv angelement extending` y across the top o1 said'v frame and normally disposed in the path of va bottle inserted into the frame through the top` thereof, and interconnecting lelements whereby the inward movement .of said top elements eiects corresponding inward movement oi the said bottoni elements to release the said contained bottle'.` y l 1n a container of the type specified, the combinationv of aclip'rame', elementsl pivotally secured to said trame and extending across the bottomr thereof and constituting a support ltor. a milk bottle contained by saidy frame, of pivotally mounted elements secured to said frame at the top, thereof andextending inwardly across'the top end oi' said trame, interconnecting means between the said top pivoted elements and the lower pivoted elements such that inward movement of one entails the inward movement of the other, and resilientmeans normally retaining said 'elements in farame-closing position.

e. ln a container of the type specified, the combination withan open-ended frame, of elements pivoted'to said frame and exf l tending inwardly across one, end of' said iframe, elements pivoted at the other end of said 'frame and extending across the said open end, said elements respectively vclosf `ing the `ends or' the frame, means connectying said end elements wherebyv inward movement ot the elements at one end entails corresponding inward movement of the elements at the other end, and resilient means normally retaining said elements in the frame-closing positions.

l5. In a container of the type specified, the'vcoinbination of an open-ended frame, elements normally closing the said open ends, said closing-elements being interconnected so that the movement of lthe elements at one end to open thaty end of the frame eiiectsv a corresponding opening movement ci the elements at the other ends oit the frame, and a sub-trame movable relative to the mainframe and vconstituting an exten` iio sion of the frame at one end', substantially y end7 and elements disposed Within said end closures andv adapted normally to lie across the said ends of Jche easing to obstruct the insertion ol? an article into saidcasing the removal of an article therefrom, and means interconnecting said elements such that movement of the elements at one end of theoasing to permit the insertion oi :in article therein entails the Corresponding movement of the elements at the other end of the casing to permit the Withdrawal of an article therefrom CHARLES DRoLnT, SR. 

